The eight NIH’ers who were recently elected AAAS fellows are (top, from l) Dr. Jacqueline N. Crawley, Dr. Bruce A. Fuchs, Dr. Malcolm A. Martin, Dr. James Mason, (bottom, from l) Dr. Mark Mattson, Dr. Thomas B. Nutman, Dr. Alan Sher and Dr. Roy S. Wu.
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) council recently elected
503 members, including eight NIH’ers, as 2010 fellows of the association. Honorees were recognized for their contributions to science
and technology at the fellows forum on Feb. 19 during the AAAS annual meeting in Washington, D.C. New fellows receive a certificate
and a blue and gold rosette as a symbol of their distinguished accomplishments.
From the section on biological sciences:
Dr. James Mason, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIEHS: “For distinguished contributions
to the field of chromosome structure, particularly showing that there are alternatives
to telomerase in maintaining telomeres, especially the use of retrotransposons.”
From the section on education:
Dr. Bruce A. Fuchs, director, NIH Office of Science Education: “For distinguished service and leadership in improving STEM education as the director of the Office of Science Education,
National Institutes of Health.”
From the section on medical sciences:
Dr. Malcolm A. Martin, chief, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, NIAID: “For distinguished
contributions in the investigations of HIV-1 pathogenesis using nonhuman primates
with the goal of developing vaccines.”
Dr. Thomas B. Nutman, head, Helminth immunology section, and head, clinical parasitology
unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID: “For distinguished contributions
to the understanding of human immune responses to parasites and of the factors inducing pathogenesis and disease.”
Dr. Alan Sher, chief, Laboratory of Parasitic
Diseases, NIAID: “For distinguished contributions to research on infectious diseases, notably understanding pathogenesis and immunoregulation of parasitic and mycobacterial
infections, the role of T cell cytokines in immunoregulation and the role of dendritic cells in host resistance.”
From the section on neuroscience:
Dr. Jacqueline N. Crawley, chief, Laboratory
of Behavioral Neuroscience, NIMH: “For generating new rodent behavioral tasks and applying emerging technologies to investigate genes regulating complex behavioral traits.”
Dr. Mark Mattson, chief, Laboratory of Neurosciences, NIA: “For elucidating cellular
signaling mechanisms involved in neural plasticity and the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative
disorders.”
From the section on pharmaceutical sciences:
Dr. Roy S. Wu, chief of the Clinical Grants and Contracts Branch, Cancer Therapy Evaluation
Program, NCI: “For outstanding contributions to the advancement of translational
research and mentoring of grantees and young scientists.”
Founded in 1848, AAAS is associated with about 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. An international non-profit organization dedicated
to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association, AAAS also publishes
the journal
Science, which has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of one million.
